Ivo Vinco Net Worth

Ivo Vinco net worth is$10 Million

Ivo Vinco Wiki Biography

Ivo Vinco was a successful bass opera singer, born in Verona, Italy on 8th November 1927. Vinco died at the age of 86, in June 2014 and will be remembered as one of the greatest singers of this kind. With an international career which lasted for over half a century, Ivo recorded numerous studio albums and performed in many operatic concerts.

Have you ever wondered how rich Ivo Vinco was? According to sources it has been estimated that Ivo Vinco’s overall net worth was $10 million, his wealth mostly accumulated during his prime career years, in the 1950s and 1960s. His international career and great popularity significantly added to his net worth.

Ivo Vinco Net Worth $10 Million

Vinco studied Liceo Musicale in his native Verona, and later moved to Milan to enroll at the opera school of the Teatro alla Scala. His debut appearance was in a 1954 performance of Verdi’s “Aida”, which took place in Verona. From then, Vinco’s career became global, and he performed in all the leading opera houses around the world. His net worth began to grow.

After gaining admiration and positive critiques from audiences all over Italy, his talent soon took him to Vienna, Moscow, Paris, Buenos Aires, Lisbon, Chicago and many other cities, including New York where he made one of his most notable performances at the Metropolitan Opera in 1969. While he was in the United States, he performed with the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the San Francisco Opera as well. His net worth benefited accordingly.

Ivo sang most of the bass leads in Verdi’s operas such as Fiesco in “Simon Boccanegra”, Fernando in “Il Trovatore”, Padre Guardiano in “La Forza del Destino” and Sparafucile in “Rigoletto”. Among many others his repertoire also included performances as Don Basilio in “Il Barbere di Siviglia”, Raimondo in “Lucia di Lammermoor”, Pimen in “Boris Godunov” and Oroveso in “Norma”. His wife, Fiorenza Cossotto, who was a mezzo-soprano singer, performed beside him in many of these operas. His net worth climbed steadily.

Apart from operas and concerts, Vinco left many studio recordings behind him, including “La Gioconda” (1959) where he sang alongside Maria Callas, “Rigoletto” (1960), “Don Carlo” (1961) and again in the 1963 version of “Rigolleto”, many of these including the performance of his wife, Fiorenza. He also appeared in the video recording of “La Boheme” by Herbert von Karajan in 1964. His other notable live performances include different recordings of “Norma”, singing with Callas, Gencer and Caballe during the late ‘60s and early ‘70s.

Subsequently, while he was gradually retreating from stage, he remained in Verona, where he eventually died.

Ivo stated that his favorite composer was Verdi, in whose operas he performed so many times. He married his long-time colleague and partner, Fiorenza Cossotto, in 1958, and they had a son, Roberto, but they divorced in 1996. Although divorced, Cossotto continued calling him her husband and stayed beside him during his last weeks in hospital, when he was suffering from bronchitis. Ivo managed to recover but died in his home, when he slipped and hit his head.